by K-J | 30 Jul 2023 | Features
Jules Xavier Shilo Stag The birth of what would later be renamed the Shilo Stag can trace its start as Camp Shilo was evolving itself in the late 1940s. The Shilo Observer made its debut on this prairie Army Base on July 18, 1947. The Friday newspaper at the time...
by K-J | 30 Jul 2023 | Features
Jules XavierShilo Stag After 233 months sitting in the Shilo Stag editor’s chair in my CANEX office, it’s time to sign off with my “30” as I retire from a four-decade journalism career.Yes, your Stag editor turned in his office key July 31...
by K-J | 25 Jul 2023 | Features
Maj Christopher Daniel Stag Special Among the many positive things Capt Euikyun (David) Chang likes about the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is the endless opportunity to learn and grow. He was deployed on Op UNIFIER Rotation 15 as the Task Force Chaplain and was known...
by K-J | 25 Jul 2023 | Features
Jules Xavier Shilo Stag Karen Gardiner listened to stories about my cherished Jack Russell Terrier for nearly four hours after Purdy’s heart beat stopped for the final time at a vet’s clinic in Carberry. Going for a one-hour drive west on Hwy. 1 with Purdy laying...
by K-J | 17 Jul 2023 | Features
Jules XavierShilo Stag Standing over the grave of his great-grandfather Charles Sharp, then Maj Reg Sharpe shed a few tears as he reflected on what the 22-year-old endured during the Great War when he was on the battlefield a century ago.“It was an emotional...
by K-J | 14 Jul 2023 | Features
Jules Xavier Shilo Stag On the 106 anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge this past April, Kendra Minary was thinking about her great-great-uncle Pte Cecil Minary. She spent the COVID-19 pandemic researching her relative, who was Killed In Action (KIA) east of...
